If only the world’s richest man (sorry maybe top three to five I lose track) could afford to clean them up a bit. It’s actually not hard to add catalytic converters. Costs a bit but isn’t hard.
They need to shut them down, but this would mean they’d lose money on their investment not paid back (unless securitized, where bonds are issued to buy out the remaining debt to shut them down, and ratepayers paying that off over the next 20-30 years).
Every coal plant in the US is uneconomical to continue to run (vs replacing with renewables) except the one in Dry Forks, WY.
Every coal plant in the US is uneconomical to continue to run (vs replacing with renewables) except the one in Dry Forks, WY.
https://cleanenergyforum.yale.edu/2022/01/17/explainer-how-c...
https://energyinnovation.org/report/the-coal-cost-crossover-...